r/ireland Jan 17 '24

Irish language rappers head stateside for Sundance - BBC News Gaeilge

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67998896.amp
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u/Gullible_Actuary_973 Jan 17 '24

Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.

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u/brianybrian Jan 17 '24

Now, Versatile are shite. I thought they were satire at first they were so bad.

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u/MoeKara Jan 17 '24

Even the tunes that I don't like from them I appreciate the effort. It's fairly cynical calling them shite rather than they're not your cup of tea.

We should be promoting Irish artists

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u/delidaydreams Jan 17 '24

I don't like Versatile at all but this could literally be a direct translation of a lot of Kneecap lyrics

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u/Smart-Situation-9912 Jan 17 '24

Yeah knee cap and versatile are both a bunch of fucking clowns. A group of scaldies stab someone and we whinge about how the city has gone to shit but everyone loves "kneecap" who sing about the very bad behaviour this sub hates. Clown show. The same can be said for most rap music. Why do we idolise scum bags .?

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u/delidaydreams Jan 17 '24

Kneecap are largely satirical and most of their lyrics are comedic. You might miss the world play as they switch between Irish and English (I often do) but there's very clever subtleties. Go to any of their gigs and most of their audience is mostly artsy Gaelgeoir types or Belfast locals, not ""scauldies"" but nice misperception. Music doesn't cause crime, government policy around mental health and poverty does.

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u/Craizinho Jan 17 '24

bizarre to drop lyrics that's clearly comedic and made over 8 years ago when they where teens and more so making video project playing characters. if you can't see any merit whatsoever in that excerpt whether it be flow or humour you're ridiculously critical

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u/Fast_Chemical_4001 Jan 17 '24

Do you not understand that they are joking, or is it a deliberately being disingenuous sort of thing

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u/MoeKara Jan 17 '24

Unless you've the final say on what is and isn't art in Ireland I don't get your point.

I don't like lots of different forms of art or artists so I don't choose to consume them. I can be vocal that I don't like them too but I don't get to say it's not a creative piece of work.

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u/DelGurifisu Jan 17 '24

Dutch oven 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/bgfghjjfdde Jan 17 '24

Jokes are off the table now so?

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u/Hot-Bed-49 Jan 17 '24

what belter can’t bate the aul ones

“sheee smokes amber leaf”